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The Gov­ern­ment is mov­ing to in­tro­duce leg­is­la­tion to sup­port the im­ple­men­ta­tion of an Ad­vanced Pas­sen­ger In­for­ma­tion Sys­tem (APIS) as part of ef­forts to strength­en bor­der se­cu­ri­ty and com­bat transna­tion­al crime.

Speak­ing at a post-Cab­i­net me­dia brief­ing on Thurs­day, Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath con­firmed that the pro­posed bill will soon be pre­sent­ed to Par­lia­ment.

Padarath said the leg­is­la­tion is ex­pect­ed to sig­nif­i­cant­ly im­prove the coun­try’s abil­i­ty to mon­i­tor and man­age its bor­ders through en­hanced da­ta shar­ing and in­tel­li­gence gath­er­ing.